Something B. I. G. Is Coming To America! ... J. D. Longstreet

The
left tried to make income inequality a major topic for discussion
throughout America last year but failed. So, they've gussied-up their
message, repackaged it, and they're set to re-launch it again in 2014.

This
year, however, the democrat's message concerning income inequality is
more important than ever. See, they are counting on their beating the
drum for a guaranteed income for every American to turn on the hordes of
low info voters, and enough of those on the dole (wards of the state)
to trudge to the polls and save the US Senate for the democrats.

Here's
the thing: If the democrats can hold off the republicans enough that
they can get their base to help them save five of the seats up in
November, they will retain control of the Senate and, saints preserve
us, we will remain in the same deadlock in Congress we are suffering
through today with a republican House and a democratic Senate.

Getting
a piece of legislation guaranteeing a "BIG" is not important ... at
all. (More on "BIG" a little farther down in this piece.) It's all the
sound ad fury that will accompany the debate. You can rest assured the
democrats will paint the Republicans as heartless with no concern for
the middle class and the poor. If the democrats can manage to have
their message reverberate within the low info voter community they may
be able to leech enough votes from that quarter to save Democrat Party
control of the US Senate. That's the goal.

So,
what IS income inequality, anyway? I mean, other than a tool the
Marxists, Communists, and Socialists use to beat a capitalist nation
severely about the head and shoulders until it crumbles and they move in
and completely destroy whatever is left of that country.
You
would do well to pay particular attention to the source of the
plaintive calls for income equality. You will find it originates from
the ranks of the so-called "Progressives."

Remember:
Progressive is only the latest nomenclature for "Communist,"
"Socialist," and "Marxist." The are all one and the same: "fellow
travelers." The title "Progressive" is only a cover name for
"Communist," Socialist," and Marxist."

Over the next
eleven months, or so, the "marxocrats" are going to be pounding the drum
for redistribution of the nation's wealth. Their hearts are going to
publicly bleed, all over the nation's press, as they opine as to how
they care for the poor downtrodden American with less income than the
CEO of a corporation, etc. It's not fair, they will cry.

It's true. It's not fair. But then, neither is life.
In
a capitalist system, one's income depends on many, many things. First
and foremost, however, a nations economy MUST be sound and flourishing
so those who want a job can get a job.

For a moment let's get real, shall we?

A
kid flipping burgers is not going to bring home what the CEO of the
Widget Corporation does. Nor should he. THAT'S income inequality.

While we're at it, lets clear away some of the smoke and mirrors the Progressive/Commies will be using over the next few months.

"Income
inequality" is the cover name for "guaranteed minimum income." What
we are talking about here is "a government-ensured guarantee that all
citizens unconditionally receive an income sufficient to meet their
basic needs." -- SOURCE: http://www.usbig.net/index.php

Over
the next few months you will hear the word "BIG" bandied about quite a
lot. BIG is an acronym. It stands for: "Basic Income Guarantee" and
that is what the democrats will be pushing for between now and the
election in November.

Here's a bit more on BIG: "The
basic income guarantee (BIG) is a government insured guarantee that no
citizen's income will fall below some minimal level for any reason. All
citizens would receive a BIG without means test or work requirement. BIG
is an efficient and effective solution to poverty that preserves
individual autonomy and work incentives while simplifying government
social policy. Some researchers estimate that a small BIG, sufficient to
cut the poverty rate in half could be financed without an increase in
taxes by redirecting funds from spending programs and tax deductions
aimed at maintaining incomes." -- SOURCE:
http://www.usbig.net/index.php

You DID notice the sentence: "All citizens would receive a BIG without means test or work requirement." didn't you?

Again,
it all boils down to redistribution of the nations wealth, which means
-- YOUR wealth -- taken from you and given to someone who did not earn
it and does not deserve it.

Look. America has
changed. In my opinion, there will never again be high employment in
the country -- at least not for a few generations.

Manufacturing
jobs have disappeared because manufacturing plants have either gone out
of business or moved out of the US to other countries more hospitable
to business. They're gone, and won't be coming back. Their former
employees are without jobs and are not likely to find anything they are
qualified for simply because those jobs no longer exist... period.

Currently
there is a drive on to increase the national minimum wage. That's
another job killer. At some point -- and we are very near it right now
--employers are going to begin replacing men and women employees with
machines. Technology is at such a level now that a hamburger joint
could have most of their staff replaced by computerized machines. This
is no longer "new" technology.

Some of us remember
Automats, which were fast food restaurants where simple foods and drinks
are served by coin-operated and bill-operated vending machines.
They've been around for decades. Just think of what we could do with
today's technology. We won't have to wonder long, for if the minimum
wage goes up too much, a businessman who wants to remain a businessman,
will not hesitate to replace his human employees with computers. That
will, of course, mean MORE unemployed Americans out on the streets.

The answer to income inequality the Progressives/Communists are going to tell us is a BIG, The basic income guarantee.

Where,
pray tell, will the government get the money to hand out each month?
From the rich? Not for long. The rich will simply flee. They will take
their money, and their businesses (which generate jobs), and leave the
country.

In fairly short order the entire nation would
resemble the derelict city of Detroit. Soon our entire society would
find itself in a deplorable condition.

Democrats know
they can depend on the support of those whose family traditions include
living off government largesse for generations. And the democrats can
always rely on the Mainstream Media to promote their loving care for the
poor and downtrodden while running interference, the whole of 2014, for
Obama and the democrats and, lest we forget, for Obamacare.

So,
get ready, it's going to be brutal between now and November. The dems
have their backs against the wall and they will be flailing in all
directions.

The dems will be intent upon making the GOP
look as bad as they possibly can between now and November. Since they
own the bully pulpit and the press in America they WILL be successful to
some degree.

Conservatives should dig in and hold fast
so that in November we may truthfully say with Saint Paul of old: "I
have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the
faith ... " ( 2 Timothy 4:7). We must remember this admonition, too,
from St. Paul: "... Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be
burdened again by a yoke of slavery." (Galatians 5:1)

Update February 9, 2009: The worldwide financial crisis has made it harder on banks and credit card companies are facing rising delinquency...

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